| Prof Dr | Ralph | Sonenshine | American University | United States | Financial markets and institutions | Accounting and Financial Management | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Minzhi Jimmy | Xu | Peking University | China | Financial reporting and financial statement analysis | trade policy uncertainty, international trade | Best Paper Award |
| Ms | Nusrat | Prottasha | Stevens Institute of Technology | United States | Others | Machine Learning | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Bowen | Banda | WWF Zambia | Zambia | Public sector accounting and financial management | Climate & disaster resilience mainstreaming into strategic (10 years) public urban and regional development plans for budgeting and decision making purposes | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Henry | Chacon | University of Texas at San Antonio | United States | Others | Call center capacity modeling | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Samira | bokhari | university of science and technology houari boumedienne | Algeria | Risk management and insurance | cybersecurity in finance | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Umesh | Chaturvedi | Professor | India | Corporate social responsibility and sustainability reporting | Sustainability and Life cycle assessment | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Mahdieh | Ghafourian | Brunel University | United Kingdom | Behavioral finance and investor decision-making | Economic impact assessment indicators of circular economy in a decentralised circular water system | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Rashieda | Davids | University of Pretoria | South Africa | Corporate social responsibility and sustainability reporting | Environmental Reporting | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Iuliana | Matei | University Paris 1 | France | Financial markets and institutions | Applied macroeconomics and finance | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Iuliana | Matei | University Paris 1 | France | Financial markets and institutions | Applied macroeconomics and finance | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Kushankur | Dey | Indian Institute of Management Lucknow | India | Risk management and insurance | Agribusiness Management | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Khalil | Hatoum | PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) | United Arab Emirates | Behavioral finance and investor decision-making | CEO Overconfidence Biases | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Om Prakash | Mahela | Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Limited | India | Others | Power System | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Kalyani | Mulchandani | Mukesh Patel School of Technology Management and Engineering, NMIMS University (Deemed to be University), Mumbai | India | Financial reporting and financial statement analysis | Earnings Management | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ketan | Mulchandani | NMIMS Deemed to be University Mumbai | India | Financial reporting and financial statement analysis | Earnings Management | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | LEI | XU | Civil Aviation University of China | China | Behavioral finance and investor decision-making | supply chain finance | Best Research Award |
| Mr | Mahmoud | Gharehgozlou | Amirkabir university of technology | Iran | Financial modeling and data analytics | Portfolio management with deep reinforcement learning | Best Research Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Edib | Smolo | Effat University | Saudi Arabia | Financial markets and institutions | Islamic finance | Best Research Award |
| Dr | Fatma | MABROUK | Department of Economics. College of Business & Administration Princess Nora Bint Abdul Rahaman University. Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | Saudi Arabia | Corporate social responsibility and sustainability reporting | sustainable economic practices | Best Researcher Award |